Train Makes Annual Stop at Lonely Grove-To keep a promise made long ago to the parents of a 12-year-old boy, who died as they were pushing westward with a railroad construction crew in 1888, crewmen of a branch passenger line make their annual stop on South Dakota prairie near Elrod to place wreaths on boy's grave.

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Train Makes Annual Stop at Lonely Grove-To keep a promise made long ago to the parents of a 12-year-old boy, who died as they were pushing westward with a railroad construction crew in 1888, crewmen of a branch passenger line make their annual stop on South Dakota prairie near Elrod to place wreaths on boy's grave.

Associated Press · [ca. May 1946]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

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